Tire.



S. A. DBATHBRAGE.

TIRE.

AYPLYGATION FILED Mmnu 12-11 Patented Mar. 19, 1912.

SAMUEL A. DEATHERAGE, OF BIQHMON'D, KENTUCKY.

TIRE.

Specification Letters intent. l atentd" lllzir. 19, 1912.

A iplication at March 29, 1911. SeriatNo. 617,709.

" To all wlwm it may concern; a

Be it known that I,"SA1s runL A. Dm'rnnn AGE, a citizen of the United States, res1d1n at Richmond, in the county of Madis'onan 5 State of. Kentucky, have invented newand useful Improvements in Tires, of which the following is a specification.

, The invention relates to resilient tires and wheels and has for an object .to provide a resilient vehicle tire particularly adaptable for use on automobiles.

Among other features the invention em bodies a tire adapted to overcome the usual cause ofri punctures and blowouts which 00- our in the use of pneumatic tiresand a fur-.

ther provision of my invention is to provide I a dev'icwhich will be eiiioient and durable in construction and which will substantially perform the functions of a pneumatic tire. For the purpose mentioned, use is made of a plurality of sections having their ends connected and constituting a tubular casing, the said sections being adapted to he ate tachedvto the telly of a vehicle wheel and with the outer portions of the sections constituting a peripherally extending indented groove adapted to receive therein a tread and springs disposed in the said casing between the ends of the connected sections to provide a substantial resiliency, the said sections being made of a flexible material, preferably metal.

ing rawings constituting a part of this specificatiomin which similar characters of reference denote corresponding'parts in all the views, and in .which-\- 7' Figure 1 is a side elevation of a 'ortion of a wheel having my tire attache thereto parts being broken aw'ayto disclose the un- 'derlying structure. is a transverse vertical sectional view of 1 the structure shown in Fig. 1. Referring more particularly to the views I provide a. vehicle wheel 10 having spokes 11 and a folly 12 amd'connected tq the felly '12 by means of suitable bolts 13' are flexible sections 14 constitutingxa tubular casing 15, the inner ends 16 of t e sectionsv 14 at the point of connection to the telly 12, bein dis- I posed to overlap and having a'plate 1 ositioned at the point of overlapping so t at the bolts 13 will pass through the plate 17 and the ends 16 to an age the felly 12. as The outer ends of t e sections 14 are bent Reierencc is to be hadto the accompany,

inwardly to form rounded portions 18 and the extremities 19 of the sections 14 are bent to form curved flanges 20, the mentioned bending of the sections 14 constituting a peripherally-extending roove 21 adapted to i 14 andbeing secured thereto in any suitable manner: 1

Bumpers 23' are secured to a band 24, in the casing 15, the said band having its outer edges bent inwardly .to form curved flanges 25 adapted to receive the outer ends 19 of the sections 14 as will be readily seen by referring to Fig. 2. A second bumper 26 is secured in the casin 15 adjacent the plate 17 juxtaposed to the inner ends 16 of the sec-' tions 14, the said bumper 26 extending upwardly in the casin 15 and being disposed in alinement with tie bumper 23. An expansible spring 27 is disposed inthe casing i Q and has its ends encircling thebumpers 23' and 26, the ends of the said spring being also adapted to abut against the plate 17 and plate 24 so that any compressive force exerted on the tread 22 will be substantially absorbed by the sprin 27 and the flexible sections 14. To provi e against any unduESB shock exerted on the tread 22 I have secured to the burriper a spring28, the said spring having its outer end free so that when the tread is pressed inwardly, thus bending the sections 14, the free end of the spring 28 will enga e the bumper 26 to absorb the shock of the orce exerted on the tread 22, it being readily seen by referring to Fig. 2 that the spring. 28 will be' positioned 'within the spring 27.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that an eflicient and durable'tire is provided and althou h I have shown a particular construction i or the purpose of describing my device, it will be understood that the attachment to the said sections and posisecured to the saidband, a second bumper -'secu red adjacent the overlapping ends 'of encircling'the said bumpers and a second tioned in the said groove, :1 band mounted to thereof in engagement with the said second engage the said diverging flanges, a bumper 'mentioned bumper. i

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL A. DEATHERAGE. Vitnesss:

D. TnvisHpeunLr,

J. W. MAUPIN.

the said sect-ions, a spring having its ends spring secured'to the first mentioned bumper and extended therefrom with the free end 

